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Introduction: narrating 'Uthman --
Representation: 'Uthman in the third/ninth century syntheses --
Reaction: 'Uthman in the fourth/tenth to sixth/twelfth centuries fada'il and chronicles --
Retrenchment: 'Uthman in the seventh/thirteenth century fada'il and chronicles --
Re-evaluation: 'Uthman in the eighth/fourteenth century chronicles.